ls venv/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pickleshare-0.7.5.dist-info/ DESCRIPTION.rst INSTALLER METADATA metadata.json RECORD top_level.txt WHEEL I think this can be added with the following lines in the setup.cfg file: [metadata] license_files = LICENSE https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9977889/how-to-include-license-file-in-setup-py-script